chapter 52; 1x14+15

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Luna had awoken to an empty bed, something that wasn't unusual in the past few days

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Luna had awoken to an empty bed, something that wasn't unusual in the past few days. However, something seemed eerily quiet about the morning. She expected to hear Klaus and Rebekah bickering, or at least some kind of chatter. She frowned and got out of bed slowly, opening the door and looking around as if she was expecting someone to jump out at her. 

She walked towards Rebekah's room, expecting to see her fast asleep. But she was wrong -- her room was empty and her bed hadn't been slept in, 'Elijah?' Luna called out on the off chance that he may answer. 

'Yes?' He replied from the courtyard downstairs. Luna looked down at him from the floor above. 

'Where is everyone?' She asked, looking down at him incredulously. 

'What are you talking about?' He narrowed his eyes as he trailed up the stairs to her. 

'Well, Klaus isn't here and neither is Rebekah..' She trailed off, her voice quietening once she saw Elijah's expression harden once he heard her words, 'Oh, god. What happened.' 

'It must be the witches. Since your theory about the harvest proved correct, they believe they're invincible. One of them must be behind this,' Elijah muttered angrily, 'Stay here. I will go speak to the witches.' 

*

'Luna!' Elijah called out from the study. 

She quickly ran into the room, 'Hey, did you find the-' She cut herself off and frowned once she saw all the names sprawled across his chest, 'Ooh, someone pissed off the wrong witch...' Luna taunted as she inched closer. Elijah glared at her momentarily. 

'I need you to make a list of these names.' Elijah told her as they waited for Marcel. Luna read the names across his shoulders and back. 

'It's a Devinette.' Luna said as she circled around the Original. 

Finally, Marcel arrived with a pen and a paper, 'Old school. Witches use them to teach their kids. You solve it, it disappears.' The vampire continued as he handed the paper to the siphon. 

'Yeah, but to what end?' Luna asked, fishing for more information as she began writing the names down. 

'Celeste forced me to make a choice between yourself and my siblings, and now she means to mock that choice, taunting me with a childish game. The longer the game, the more they suffer. To find Niklaus and Rebekah, we need to solve this riddle. The solution lies somewhere in these names.' Elijah explained, making Luna pause momentarily as she absorbed all the information that was thrown at her. 

Marcel suddenly piped up, gesturing towards Elijah's arm, 'The name next to Sabine... Annie La Fleur, she's the witch that was shunned from the coven just over a year ago. Never knew why, but I can find out.' Marcel suggested. 

'You two go figure out what happened, I'll see what I can find out about these names.' 

Elijah had called Luna the moment they had discovered what had befallen the shunned witch, explaining that she was shunned as claims were made that she began practicing black magic, 'She killed herself?' 

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